New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike

Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by jorvi on Monday November 04, 2024 @01:27PM (#42044547)

I work in the EU, and I'd rather see the American "at-will" system, but with a basic income + additional financial distress protections.

It is IMO ridiculous that in a lot of EU countries, chronic low performance is not just cause for firing.

It makes economical sense to reduce the friction of allocating workers where they'll be most productive. It just shouldn't destroy those workers' financial security.

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by rgblambda on Monday November 04, 2024 @02:40PM (#42045288)

I'd argue the main reason low performance employees don't get fired is because managers either don't know who the low performers are, or don't want to have an unpleasant conversation and can choose to put it off indefinitely.

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